Memorial Day Observances Close Down Local Businesses
Memorial Day will close many local offices and banks for the holiday with post offices on regular schedules. Ascension Day is also noted with church services planned at Grace Reformed and Evangelical Reformed. Knights Templar to attend Grace church service. Catholic Masses held at St Johns. Holy Day of Obligation marked. Memorial Day plans include parades and cemetery services across Thurmont Liberty Town Walkersville Boonsboro Brunswick and more with post 11 American Legion coordinating.
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C. Burr Ann Library
Alaints
Grace Reformed
Jacques de Solay
John’s Church
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Mt Olivet Cemedry
Thurmont
United Brethren Cemetery
Walkersville
Libertytown
Sponshoro
Boonsboro
Brunswick
Aneytown
Monay
Steadman-Keenan Post
Untold Murder Charge Hangs Over Newark Bridegroom
Frederick Holle, 24, a Union mechanic, is held for the murder of Esther Hoffman a Newark factory worker and former sweetheart whom he married last June 26 at a wedding in Frederick. He confessed to threats of ruin his marriage and to killing Sophie Kujat earlier, with details including a Passaic river dumping.
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Frederick
Edward Holle
J. Mechanic
Holle
Esther Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Newark
Tey
Niagara Falls
Yates Alone Remains To Represent America At Troon
Troon Scotland March 26 AP. Charlie Yates of Atlanta became America’s sole survivor in the British amateur golf championship as wind rain and strong opposition knocked out U S Champion Johnny Goodman Charles Co Detroit and Fred Haas Jr New Orleans and others leaving Yates to carry American hopes.
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Troon
Scotland
TVA Dir H A Morgan Faces Probers in Senate Testimony
Washington May 26 AP Harm court H A Morgan TVA director accuses ex chairman A E Morgan of campaign of dissent and obstruction to discredit the TVA program. A E Morgan testifies alleging collusion conspiracy and mismanagement by H A Morgan and director David E Lilienthal before a joint congressional inquiry committee. Morgan reads a 44 page statement detailing TVA activities since the first board meeting in June 1933.
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Washington
Harmcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
A. E. Morgan
Joint
Congress Signal Inquiry Committee
Harcourt Morgan
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Maryland State School
Desf
Ignatius Bjorlee
Board of Visitors
Bjorlee
John K. Shaw
Baltimore
John H. Baker
Buckeystown
Chas. McC. Mathias
Frederick
Jacob Rohrback
B. O. Thomas
Rob't
E. Delaplaine
Reno S. Harp
Walter E. Linn
Bjornee
Montgomery County Plans to Cut Expenses in 1938 39
Montgomery County commissioners focused their weekly meeting on preparing the levy for the coming year. The goal is to reduce appropriations to avoid raising the tax rate from the present 150, with department heads asked to revise estimates downward. A potential 15 cent cut has faded, and a tax reduction in an election year is unlikely. The school department seeks nearly 1 million dollars for 1938 29 operations amid rapid population growth.
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Montgomery County
Frank H. Karn
Wage-Hour Compromise Nearing in Senate Talks
In Washington on May 26 AP reports Senate factions moved toward a wage hour compromise to placate southern opposition. The plan would let the Labor Secretary set state based minimum pay with regional differentials. Southerners may delay attacks pending a joint committee review of House and Senate differences. opposition could block regional differentials if not approved.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Labor
House
APY
John Hanson
United States
Congress
Frederick
Lundeon
Farmer-Labor, Minn
Dela“Ware
Lundeen
Hanson
Maryland
England
Boston
Port Tobacco
Port Tobacco Creek
Charles County
Frederick i
Great Britain
George Washington
Hood College Commencement Activities Detailed
Hood College outlines a June commencement week with Moving Up exercises in Brodbeck Hall, class day on campus, alumnae events, and a baccalaureate service. Officials announce prizes, a musical program, and speaker plan with Dr. Michael Costa and local dignitaries, plus an academic awards ceremony and ivy planting.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Henry I Stann
Ruth Pe
Coblentz Hall
Henry L Stabr
Miss Perry
Altoona Hood Club
Hood
Maurine Powell
Edwardsville
Joan Steele
Dagsboro
Del
Ruth Sprenkle
Butler
Edith DeBold
Richmond Hill
Edgar F. Romig
D. D
West End
Collegiate Church
New York City
Henry T. Wade
Theodore Salome
Charles Gounod
Franz Schubert
Anna Marie Budde
Felix Mendelssohn
Walter de Lilie
John Greenleaf Whittier
James Montgomery
King
Ernest W. Shurtleff
Statili
Wade
Praeludium
Joseph Rheinberger
Eli
Charles M. Wider
Methodists To Meet In Hagerstown June 12 to 14
The Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold its 154th annual conference in Hagerstown from June 12 to June 14. Delegates from area churches are expected to attend, with church leaders outlining plans for the next year's activities and missions.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopa Church
Tydings and Lewis to Speak at Bethesda Post Office Dedication
Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings and Representative David J. Lewis, both Democrats, along with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Smith Purdum, will discuss at the dedication ceremonies for Bethesda’s new post office tomorrow.
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Bethesda
Millard E. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Smith Purdum
Color Girl Named For Middies June Week
Annapolis May 26 AP Miss auth Schiedinger of Monroe Michigan was named color girl for the June week ceremonies at the Naval Academy. Mrs Iven Corder of McFadden is raising a strange pet family as her white Persian cat Snowball has adopted four tiny coyotes found in a den and is nursing them after kittens were taken from her.
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Annapolis
Auth Schiedinger
Monroe
Mich
Aday
Naval Academy
McFadden
Iven Corder
Snowball
Bible sales fall in China amid Sino-Japanese war
The China Bible Society report shows a 20 percent drop in Bible sales in 1937 due to the Sino Japanese war. The Anglo American missionary publishing house released the annual figures.
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Shangli
China
The
China Bible Society
Dr August J. Raggi Buried in Brooklyn
Funeral for Dr August J. Raggi, a New York surgeon fatally injured in a car crash last Thursday night, held at St Vincent’s Hospital chapel. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, as hospital colleagues served as honorary pallbearers amid memorials of further injuries and missing funds.
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August J. Raggi
New York
St Vincent's Hospital
Msgr
Hickey
Fr. Hogan
Raggi
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brooklyn
Knickerbocker Hospital
Dr. Raggi
Dr. Edmands
Aircraft Runup Lifts Market Then Dims In Late Trade
A brief stock market lift from an early aircraft runup faded as the market trended lower near the close. Volume rose with about 600,000 shares traded. Aviation stocks drew initial support on reports of a possible large U S war plane order for England, while the British air mission returned home without guidance. Major movers included U S Steel Bethlehem Kennamcott Montgomery Ward J I Case Allied Chemical American Can Dupont Eastman Kodak U S Gypsum and Union Carbide as aircraft rails utilities and motors held to narrow ranges amid easing tensions over the German Czech crisis and a calmer market mood.
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New York
Aviation
England
United States
U. S. Ssteel
Bethlehem
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
J. I Case
Allied Chemical
American Can
Dupont Eastman Kodak
U.S. Gypsum
Union Carbide
Non-Support Case Open In Peoples Court
Charles H. Cratchier faced a non-support charge in Peoples Court as Justice Emmett paused the case pending medical consultation on Cratchier's condition. His wife and three children in Catonsville are under medical care, with evidence presented by State's Attorney Sherman P. Bowers and defense by Edward J. Smith.
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Charles H. Cratchier
Peoples Court
Emmett ( Bowns Pend
Phy
Library Extension Service Discussed Frederick County Plan
Frederick County residents from nine communities met at the C Burr Artz Library to hear about an extension library program. The plan, backed by the Maryland Public Library Advisory Commission and the WPA, will move and rotate book collections to communities with a county supervisor and local hosts. Eight WPA workers repair and bind books while six learn procedures, with drives to add volumes for public and school use. Communities represented include Walkersville Thurmont Jefferson Adamstown Rocky Ridge Braddock Middletown Libertytown and Ballenger districts.
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Frederick County
Frederick City
C. Burr Arte
Maryland Public Library Advisory Commission
Artz Library
Works Progress Administration
Adciene J. Pratt
Library Advisory Commission
Jacob Rohrbach
Artz
Pratt
Helen B. Evans
Miss Rose Watkins
WPA
Miss Watkins
Walkersville
Thurmont
Jefferson
Adamstown
Rocky Ridge
Braddock
Middletown
Libertytown
Ballenger
Censure Talk in Senate Over Hopkins Endorsement
Anti administration members discussed a Senate censure resolution targeting an informal endorsement by WPA head Harry Hopkins of Rep. Olna Wearin’s bid for the Democratic Iowa Senate nomination. Senators Johnson and Gillette voiced concern that Hopkins made WPA a political weapon while Hopkins defended worker voting freedom.
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Washington
Senate
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Olna Wearin
Iowa
Johnson
Rep
Calif
Gillette
Wearin
Hopkins
Union Leader Shot To Death In Minneapolis
William Brown, 43, president of the General Drivers Union, was shot to death last night in Minneapolis. Police said Arnold Johnson, 33, an organizer for the AFL union, confessed to shooting Brown twice after a quarrel over union funds.
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Minneapolis
William Brown
General Drivers Union
Frank Forestall
Arnold Johnson
A. F. of L. Union
Brown
Japan Cabinet Shakeup Signals Stronger War Effort
Japan reshuffled its cabinet removing the Foreign, War, and Finance ministers as Tokyo aims for a quicker victory in China. Britain seeks observers at the Czech German border to ease tensions, with discussions led by Foreign Office officials in Berlin and Praha.
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Associated Press
Japan
China
Britain
Europe
Tokyo
Suchow
Lunghai Railway
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Alicante
Balearic
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
U S Fleet to Move to Atlantic Next Year
The Navy Department announced the entire fleet will move from the Pacific to the Atlantic next year for maneuvers and a World’s Fair visit. Leaving Pacific bases in January, the fleet will be absent about six months and will visit New York in May.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
Tammany Leader Is Indicted In New York
New York May 26 AP James A. Hines a former blacksmith and once powerful Tammany Hall district leader was indicted on 13 counts connected to the policy racket run by Dutch Schultz whose take has been set at $100.
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New York
James A. Hines
Tammany Hall
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Daily weather record shows no precipitation in past 24 hours ending 7 am. May total 4.42 inches vs normal 3.80. May 1937 332, 1938 year-to-date deficiency to May 1 stands at 4.13 inches. Temperatures yesterday high 69, low 52. figures compare to prior year high 88, low 59. Sunset 7:26 pm, sunrise 4:48 am tomorrow, moonrise 3:11 am, moonset 5:29 pm.
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America
Otis Skinner
Woodstock
Cornelia Otis Skinner
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H. A Morgan
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State School
Board
Revolutionary Patriots
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George
Ington
Mary Alice Benson
Maude Henning
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Elizabeth R. Hector
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Shaw
William Henry Jones
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Walt Disney
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Ruby Dilley
Oakland
Charles Knowles
Mardel Springs
Maryland School
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Anna Bartha
Towson
Sarah Montgomery
Edward James
Robert Everhart
James Barrack
Charles K. Brown
Daniel Kalinowski
Robert Mackey
Tydings
Lewis and
Purdum
Ngrles
James L. Brandon
la Grange
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United Airlines Transport
Cleveland
Peston
Cee
Manchukuo
Chengci
Hankow
Tos
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Cape Ture
Lunghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Lunghat
Chengchow
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London
Germany
William Strang
Central European Department
Foreign Office
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